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| 1. How are parents today different from parents a generation ago? What has changed in how they treat their kids? |
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| 2. In your opinion, what kind of parenting produces a narcissist? (Also feel free to share stories of narcissistic behavior you have observed among children or teens). |
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| 3. Many parents want to raise non-narcissistic, grounded kids, but feel undermined by other influences on their children like friends, TV, music, etc. Has this happened to you or anyone you know? Can you give specific examples? |
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4. Do you think that Internet sites like Facebook and MySpace encourage people to seek attention from others? How about blogs? What examples have you seen of this? |
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| 5. If you do not belong to an organized religion, why is that? |
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| 6. Are you special? Why or why not? |
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| 7. Do you know people who take a sick day from work (when they aren't sick) or who miss class because they think they "deserve" time off? Why do they think they deserve it? |
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| 8. If you are a teacher or professor, do your students feel entitled to good grades? Do they say "I need an A" and similar things? |
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| 9. Do you know people who are very materialistic? What do you think motivates them to be that way? |
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| 10. Do you know people who feel pressure to appear more popular, attractive, or wealthy in order to keep up with others? How do they act? |
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| 11. If you have volunteered your time to a worthy cause, why did you decide to do that? If you (or your children) were required to volunteer in order to graduate from high school, how many people in the class do you think would have done so if it weren't required? |
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| 12. Is it important to you that your job is 1) high-paying, 2) fulfilling, and 3) enjoyable? Would you stay in a job that was not all three? |
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| 13. Do you think more people cheat now? Why do they do this? (By "cheat" I mean both in school/at work and in relationships). |
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| 14. Is it important to tell children that they are special? Why or why not? |
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| 15. Have you known people who have reacted with anger and/or defensiveness when they are criticized? What have they done? |
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| 16. If you are from or have traveled to Asian or Latin countries, have you observed the spread of American ideas to those places? What have been the effects? |
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| 17. Do you agree with the statement "I can live my life any way I want to"? Why or why not? |
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| 18. Do you feel that you have to carefully "package" and promote yourself to get ahead? (e.g., a job, school admission, promotion, sales, etc.) |
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| 19. Have you ever dated or been friends with someone who was narcissistic or overly self-centered? What did they do? How did it affect you? |
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| 20. In your opinion, why are we so obsessed with celebrities in America? |
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| 21. How does popular culture (movies, TV, music, magazines) promote narcissism and self-centeredness? |
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| 22. Are there benefits to self-centeredness? If so, what are they? If not, why do some people believe that there are benefits? |
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| 23. What can we do as a society to combat narcissism, self-centeredness, etc.? |
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| 24. Anything else you would like to add about narcissism or self-centeredness in today's society? |
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